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THE BANNER-HERALD
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ATHENS, GEORGIA
Published every evening during the week except
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THE FOURTH ESTATE SPEAKS
THE MOVIE STARS AND TAXES
Richard Dix is the latest of the movie stars to
be brought into court for tax dodging. To his
credit, be it said, he pleaded guilty, explained
that he had turned the matter of preparing his
report to an “expert,” and, according to an agent
of the income tax department, cooperated “in
every way” in straightening out the accounts.
It has been a costly experience, the back taxes
and penalties footing up to a total of more than
$90,000. In the circumstances, he may be acquitted
of any intent to cheat the government, a verdict
that could hardiy be rendered in the case of all the
screen cel brities similarly charged. And such
‘evasion on the part of those pampered pets of for
tune seems peculiarly offensive. They have been
the most extravagantly overpaid people in the]
annals and ought, in elementary decency, to be de.*
lighted to give the government the modest portion
it has asked. One of the compensations of the tax
bill now being drafted is that the eiect of movie
dom will pay such taxes as they have never
dreamed of—Sßt. Louis Post-Dispatch. ' |
4 STILL THUNDERING
. Here is Bishop James Cannon, jr., laying down
the law to both parties, telling them they must
g"nomlnate men for president who believe in the
Bighteenth amendment,” .
Nor is the applause by any means confined to
gthp South Richmond (Virginia) Federation of
Men's Bible classes, before whom the bishop's
- commands were issued.
Scandal, rebuke, indictment seem powerless to
" quniet this amazing dictator or to lessen by one
iota the arrogance of his orders to all and sundry.
Apparently nothing discredits a dry—in dry
eyes!—New York World-Telegram,
MORE PROPAGANDA
When the Federal Trade commission made the
country aware of the extent and the intricacies of
power company propaganda,¢ this enterprising
practice did not end forthwith, as many credulous
souls have believed.
Instead, we have the National Electric Light
association within the last few weeks inviting its
Mindividual members to distribute a new series of
mpumphlets, to enclose them with the monthly
" light bill, or otherwise get them into the hands of
" the public; and reminding them that these pam
phlets can be secured for $lO a thousand in quanti
ties of 250,000 or more.
The article which Nela wishes broadcast over
the country was written for the Review of Re.
views by Richara T. Ely, and is entitled, “Take
the Halter Oft Business.”
Ely left the University of Wisconsin, where he
was a professor of economics, to hecome director
of the institute for economic research at North.
western university, endowed in part by the Nat.
jonal Electric light association. His salary in that
position is $25,000 a year. :
. Your electric light bill contains in its monthly
total a sum sufficient to pay for educating you to
believe that your company can do no wrong.—New
York World-Telegram.
THE VINSON NAVY BILL
The whole country, regardless of party lines,
ghould be grateful to Representative Carl Vmspn.
of Georgia, for his straightforward bill providing
for the upbuilding of the Amerjcan navy. It is in
deed a stroke of good fortune that the new Demo
cratic chairman of the House Naval Affairs com
mittee should be such ‘a stalwart patriot and
should perceive so clearly the wvital impo:tance of
this arm of the nation’s defense. The principle of
the bill is wholly right. With the best of inten
tions the administration has been consistently on
the wrong track in treating the naval appropria
tions as standing on a par with other federal ex
penditures, to be carved to the bone when econ
omy was the word and to be Sacrificed as a ges
ture of good will regardless of what nations were
doing.
The sound course is to lay down a long-term
construction program to be adhered to regardless
of fair weathér or foul, internal or external. So
far as the domestic budget goes, the parallel with
an individual’'s fire insurance is complete. Because
_a man’s business is hard hit he does not cancel
fior reduce his insurance. Here is one of the fixed
“charges that must be maintained at a safe level,
~since risk of loss does mot vary with prosperity or
depression. Similarly with risk of war and de.
sense against it. We need the protection of the
navy hard times quite as much as in good times,
gmnd its efriciency, in ships and persomnel, should
not fluctuate dpon any such basis.
%+ As for external factors, the argument for a con-.
_.sistent program that proceeds upon a steady basis
sirrespective of foreign threats or complicatious is
“equally conclusive. The alternative is to tiwow
the issue inte politics and wmake appropriations
appear to be a reaction to alien activities. No
better way of fomenting international ill feeling
could be devised than to arms spasmedically as
attack looms over the horizon. :
There may be ground for modification of the:
Vinson bill in detail. We should be glad to see"
construction of the flying deck crufiser commence
this spring. It is experimental in type and con.
struction of other cruisers might advantagebasly
wait upon lessons to he learned from its overa.
tion. But such criticisms have no bearing' upon
the general soundness of Mr. Vinsen's meusure.
He has acted courageously and wisely. May Con.
gress proceed to action under his leadership.—
New York Herald-Tribune. .& . |
ANOTHER JACKSON DAY DINNER
Another Jackson Day dinner has pass
ed and its glamor will soon be forgotten
The chief object of these dinners is to as
ford aspiring candidates an opportuniy o
lre]ieving themselves or oratory, wit anc
|humor for the delight of those in atten
!dance on the dinner.
However, the 1982 Jackson Day dinne:
ws one of unusual interest and served as
a 4 get-to-gether mecting of Democrats whe
are determined to elect a member of theéi
party to the presidency of the United
States. The chief speakers of the eveni
ing were three former unsuccessful can
didates for the presidency-—Governor Al
Smith, Hon. John W. Davis and Governor
J. M. Cox. ‘“Victory” was the slogan for
all of the speakers and at every mention
of the word ‘“Victory,” the applause was
deafening and continuous for several min
utes.
Not only was the Democratic party
eulogized hy the speakers, but evéry
member of the National Committea
seemed to be girded to the highest pitch
with a determination to “win or die.” And
it does appear to be a sure win for the
Democratic nominee. With general dis
satisfaction for President Hoover's admin
istration; the unemploved situation acute
and congestion in all lines of industries
and commercial activities, and responsi
bility, in a great measure, is laid at the
door of the White House. The Republi
cans are averse to the renomination of
Mr. Hoover, but car they do better? The
Republicans failed to keep faith with the
people; they did not make good on their
campaign promises and pledges; the peo
ple of the nation are ready for a change:
the Democratic party is the only hope for
their relief. In this party there is hones
ty; government for the people and by the
pebple. o 2
The selection of Chicago as the city for
holding the convention was most appro
pirate. It is more centrally located for 2
larger percentage of the delegates than
would have bheen Atlantic City or St.
Louis. Now that the details of the meet
ing places have been agreed upon, it is
to be hoped that the delegates will make
no mistake in the formulation of a plat
form. No doubt the prohibition question
will be one of the major issues to be fought
out on the floor of the convention. It will
be a suicidal mistake, if the Democrats
incorporate‘a plank in the platform for
or against prohibition or for amendments
to the present law. While we favor a
modification of the Volstead Act, to se
cure its repeal or modification, such legis
lation must come through congressional
action, and .can not come from executive
action of a president of the United States.
Any specific reference for the repeal or
amendment incorporated as a plank in the
Democratic platform will cost the nomi
nee of the party millions of votes in the
United States. This is no time for bicker-,
ing over this or that issue on which we
do not all agree in toto, but possibly in
principle, but it is a time when a Demoera:
can be elected to the presidency beyond
the shadow of a doubt. ol
: ADVERTISING IS NEWS
Some of the most important news items
appear in advertisements of local mer
chants—that is news of interest to the
housewives. The Publishers Auxiliary in
relating an incident occurring between a
merchants and the advertising manager
of the local newspaper is typical of all
communities. It reads:
“A story we have noted somewhere
tells of a dealer who was proving a tough
knot for a newspaper advertising man.
The latter prevailed upon him to offer a
special sale featuring brooms at nine
cents, said brooms costing $3 a dozen.
The offer specified one broom to each of
the first 100 customers entering the store.
Doors opened at 9 a. m. and a crowd of
women were awaiting to avail themselves
of the broom bargain. It was news to
those women—good news, too—that they
could get a broom for nine cents, thus
clinching the argument that advertising is
news. Matter designed as ‘“pure read
ing” does not contains all the news a pub
lication purveys.”
The foregoing illustrates the value of
advertising is a marked degree. The cou
sumer is intemested im prices as well as
quality and the merchant who furnishes
store news through the advertising col
umns of the local newspaper is the sue
;cessful merchant.
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! CONFIDENCE IN BANKS
When announcement is made of a bank
failure, whether in a local community or
in the state or out-of-state, some deposi
tors of local banks take the announce
ment as a cue for immediate withdrawal
of their funds. Such a policy is injurious
to the community and, as a rule, is not
;beneficial to the depositor. Money left
’on deposit enables banks to carry on and
help stave off failures. The lack of cor
fidence and the withdrawal of funds from
banks is usually due to wild rumors—not
always malicious, but damaging to the
community.
Of course there are cases where banks
become insolvent and unable to meet ob
ligations, but such cases are not com
mon. No more so than the umber of
insolvent cases in other lines of business.
If the people would investigate conditions
iof banks before commencing a run on
withdrawal of funds, many of the bank
failures would bs obviated. Banks as a
rule are sound business institutions; they
are officered by honest and representa
tive citizens of the community; the suec
cessful functioning of a bank is an asset
to a community and contributes largely to
every business interest. Depnsitors should |
remeémber that & community without a
bank cannot hope to grow and prosper.
Encourage the banks by depositing your
savings as well a your checking account;
banks cannot prosper without deposits;
wild and misleading rumors, usually aris
in.. from idle remarks prove expensive to
the community, |
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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| lieve that the mayor and
. counci! and the writer of this
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. out argument.
| That. is, the widening and pav
ing of Lumpkin street. This
street is the avenue connecting or
linking up the Bankhead highway
with the highway leading to Ma
con and on to Florida. While this
street is now one of the most
traffic congested strets in the
city, after the completion of thes:
main highways, it will be practig
ally impossible .to travel over this
'street under its present condition
While the highway beard is com
pleting these highways, it would
be in line of improvement for the
municipality to widen and pave
Lumpkin street,
W. D. (Bili) Beacham has a
mania for relics and antiques
as well as for freak growths
of wvegetables, goards, pump
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| TUNE IN ON LUCKY STRIKE—6O modern minutes with the world’s finest dance orchestras and Walter Winchell, whose gossip of today becomes the news of tomorrow
| every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening over N.B.C. networks.
| other kind of growth out of
| the ordinary.
; In his office he has many in
;teresting relics. An old pistol that
|was wused in the ' Revolutionary
{war. It was a modern six shooter
!m Revolutionary days. Special
lbullvx.e-moldml by hand were
tused in its cylinder packed with
‘powrlcr. This relic of the early
|days is highly prized by ' Mr.
|Beacham. Then there is an old
{shot gun, single barrel with trig
igers, of the hand loaded type or
isty]e. These weayons hang over
itho doorway entering his pri\'ate‘
'nffimx Horse shoes of all vax‘itu’cesf
;h;mg over the doorway. These
{horse shoes have brought to him
much luck and aided in warding
off many unlucky trades or trans
actions. One of the most interest
ing exhibits, however, is a collec
tion of goards—just the common
lm‘dinal‘y goard grown In this sec.
,tiqn of the state, bus they . are
worth seeing.
Outside of the display of
relics, antiques and goards,
Mr. Beacham has more busi
| ness irons in the fire than
anyone we know, but he keeps
up with them without a strug
gle.
Some times he grows a serious
‘expression on his face, but it is
‘always followed with a smile—
and when he smiles, lookout, that
is, if you are trading. He knows
how to make a trade just about as
well as anyone we haye ever met
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HE BOBBED UP SMILING
Bob Montgomery has been aniron
worker, deck hand, railroad
mechanic and a booed-at extrain
Hollywood . . . He zoomed to the
top in noise-reels because the gals
were cuh-razy over hisgrin... And
they'll go completely zooey when
they see him in his latest M-G-M,
“PRIVATE LIVES". .. He's stuck to
LUCKIES these last 7 years... Not
a buffalo nickel was paid for his
statement...He gave it just for a
pleasant “Thank You."
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lup with, but do not get the im
pression that his trading qualities
border on short cuts, Not by anv
means, He .is just a good trader—
the same as a good banker would
{be in his dealings or as George
Deadwyler is when he is talking
Mutual Building & Loan Associa.
tion to a prospective investor. But
iwe have strayed away from our
’subjc-ct matter. We only intended‘
| mentioning the vrelics, . antiques
{and geards on display 4n the of- !
;fi(-os of Mr. Beacham. '
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} Three- year -old Nancy's ’
l father had installed a new '
radio. Nancy listened with i
rapt attention everything— |
music, speeches, and station |
announcements. ’
That night she knelt to say ha: ’
“Now I lay me.” At the end she {
paused a moment and then sajd: !
“Tomorrow night at this tim»
there will be another praver.”..
Stray Stories.
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An alderman under.took to
chide us by saying that police
and firemen receive higher
pay now than they did when
the writer of this column was ‘
mayor,
That is .true. When we first en.
tered office, as an alderman in
1904, the pay of firemen was $1.37
cents the day and policemen were
receiving a $1.50 the day while the
chief of police was receiving SIOO.-
00 the month and’other city em-
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cerned there areno better cigarettes—congratulations
also on your improved Cellophane wrapper with .-
that little tab that opens your package so easily.” #*
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ployees in proportion. But befor:
we retired from the office of
mayor, the salaries of police and
firemen' had been increased to
$2.60 and $2.25 the day, if we re-!}
member correctly, and if we were
there now we would favor keep
ing their salaries at. $125.00 thz
month and if the treasury was {
depleted, as it is alleged, we would
‘not favor a reduction in property
‘\'aluation. The reduction: of ten |
iper cent in salaries of police ani ‘
firemen saves the city about two
!thousand dollars; a reduction ofl
'ten per cent in property valua- I
;tions coat the eity over. twenty
{thousand dollars. Is that consis
‘tent with good business methods? |
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! SEVEN YEARS AGO i
! January 12, 1925 i
i- Cotton: 23: 1-4 cents. !
Weather: Generally fair. l
Atlanta, Ga.— In commentinz i
on the resignation of Chancellor
tDavid C. Barrow, of the Universi
ty of Georgia, which he receives |
under the date of November 10,[
Judge Richard B. Russell, chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
‘the institution, stated Monday that®
he was of the opinion that Chan
cellor Barrow would reconsider
before resigning:
Washington, D. C.— With th‘el
announced resignation of Secreta
ry, of State Hughes, Pr’esiden‘.l
Coolidge prepared Monday to take
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